Dominating over the Pixar animated film and 'Ralph Breaks the Internet', the Marvel superhero cartoon collects seven accolades which include Best Animated Feature.
- Feb 4, 2019
AceShowbiz - "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" swung to victory at the 2019 Annie Awards, picking up all seven of the prizes it was nominated for, including Best Animated Feature.
The movie also claimed accolades including Writing In An Animated Feature Production for Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, Directing In An Animated Feature Production for Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, and Character Design In An Animated Feature Production for Shiyoon Kim.
The Sony Pictures project's domination caused an upset for the "Incredibles 2" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet", which had led all nominees heading into the Los Angeles ceremony with 11 and 10 nods, respectively.
However, "Incredibles 2" only managed to pick up Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production and Music in an Animated Feature Production, while "Ralph Breaks the Internet" had just the one win in Animated Effects in an an Animated Feature Production.
"Mary Poppins Returns" landed Best Animated Special Production and Character Animation in a Live Action Production, while Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production went to Bryan Cranston for "Isle of Dogs".
Best Animated Independent Feature went to Mirai, while TV hit "BoJack Horseman" earned Will Arnett the Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production honour for portraying the title character.
2019 Annie Awards full list of winners:
- Best Animated Feature: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Best Animated Feature-Independent: "Mirai" (Studio Chizu)
- Best Animated Special Production: "Mary Poppins Returns" (Walt Disney Studios)
- Best Animated Short Subject: "Weekends" (Past Lives Productions)
- Best Virtual Reality Production: "Crow: The Legend" (Baobab Studios)
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial: "Greenpeace: There's a Rang-Tan In My Bedroom" (Passion Animation Studios)
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children: "Ask the StoryBots", Episode: "How Do Computers Work?" (JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix)
- Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children: "Hilda", Episode: "Chapter 1: The Hidden People" (Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks)
- Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production: "BoJack Horseman", Episode: "The Dog Days are Over" (Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix)
- Best Student Film: "Best Friend", Nicholas OLIVIERI, Yi SHEN, Juliana DE LUCCA, Varun NAIR, David FELIU (Gobelins, lecole de l'image)
- Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production: David M.V. Jones, Vincent Chou, Clare Yang, "Trollhunters (Season 3): Tales of Arcadia", Episode: "The Eternal Knight Part 2" (DreamWorks Animation Television)
- Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production: Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony, "Ralph Breaks The Internet" (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
- Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Scott Lewis, "Hilda" (Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks)
- Character Animation In An Animated Feature Production: David Han, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Sony Pictures Animation Animator)
- Character Animation in a Live Action Production: Chris Sauve, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuz, "Mary Poppins Returns" (Walt Disney Pictures)
- Character Animation in a Video Game: Adrian Miguel, Adrian Garcia, "GRIS" (Nomada Studio)
- Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Amanda Jolly, "Rapunzel's Tangled: The Series Adventure]", Episode: Freebird (Walt Disney Television Animation)
- Character Design In An Animated Feature Production: Shiyoon Kim, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Eddie Trigueros, "Disney Mickey Mouse", Episode: "Feed the Birds" (Disney Television Animation)
- Directing In An Animated Feature Production: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Christopher Willis, "Disney Mickey Mouse", Episode: "Springtime" (Disney Television Animation)
- Music in an Animated Feature Production: Michael Giacchino, "Incredibles 2", (Pixar Animation Studios)
- Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Celine Desrumaux, Jasmin Lai, "Age of Sail" (Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures)
- Production Design In An Animated Feature Production: Justin K. Thompson, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Alonso Ramirez Ramos, "Disney Mickey Mouse," Episode: "Carnaval", (Disney Television Animation) (tie) Kevin Molina-Ortiz, "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Episode: "Mystic Mayhem", (Nickelodeon Animation Studio)
- Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Dean Kelly, "Incredibles 2", (Pixar Animation Studios)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Will Arnett (as Bojack), "BoJack Horseman", Episode: "Free Churro", (Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix)
- Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: Bryan Cranston (as Chief), "Isle of Dogs", (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures)
- Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Stephanie Simpson, "Hilda," Episode: "Chapter 8: The Tide Mice", (Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks)
- Writing In An Animated Feature Production: Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", (Sony Pictures Animation)
- Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production: Charles Jones, Joe Molinari, Dao Le, Vartan Nazarian, "Big Hero 6: The Series", (Walt Disney Television Animation)
- Editorial In An Animated Feature Production: Bob Fisher, Andrew Leviton, Vivek Sharma, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", (Sony Pictures Animation)
